The MINPACK-2 test problem collection

Optimization software has often been developed without any specific application in mind. This generic approach has worked well in many cases, but as we seek the solution of larger and more complex optimization problems on high-performance computers, the development of optimization software should take into account specific optimization problems that arise in a wide range of applications. This observation was the motivation for the development of the MINPACK-2 test problem collection. Each of the problems in this collection comes from a real application and is representative of other commonly encountered problems. There are problems from such diverse fields as fluid dynamics, medicine, elasticity, combustion, molecular conformation, nondestructive testing, chemical kinetics, lubrication, and superconductivity